For they had learned that true safety was to be found in long previous training, and not in eloquent exhortations uttered when they were going into action.
ThucydidesWe Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing
ThucydidesRemember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
ThucydidesWars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
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